List of places named after Joyce Kilmer
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This is a list of places which are located all around the world named or renamed in honor of American poet, writer and literary critic Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918).
In the United States
Illinois
- Kilmer Triangle in the Rogers Park section of Chicago, Illinois at the intersection of Birchwood, Rogers and Ashland Avenues.
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois [1]
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois [2]
Indiana
- Joyce Kilmer School 69, a former elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana
Massachusetts
- Joyce Kilmer Road in West Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts. This residential street ends near the Lower Joyce Kilmer School in West Roxbury.
- Sgt Joyce Alfred Kilmer Square in Boston, Massachusetts, at the north-eastern junction of Centre Street and Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway (VFW Parkway), at the boundary of West Roxbury and Roslindale.[3]
- Joyce Kilmer School in West Roxbury (Boston), Massachusetts. This K-8 school has two buildings ("Lower", K-3 and "Upper" 4–8) located less than 2 miles from each other.[4]
Michigan
- Joyce Kilmer Road in Roscommon, Michigan. This road ends at a Branch of the very famous Au Sable River. Plenty of 'Trees' too!
Minnesota
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace (built 1936) in Como Park in St. Paul, MN[5] Kilmer was honored by St. Paul Parks Superintendent W. Lamont Kauffman, who was a charter member of the Joyce Kilmer post of the American Legion.
New Jersey
- In the early 20th century, the phone extension in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 545, was known as Kilmer.
- Camp Kilmer, a United States Army facility (1942-2009) that served as a training and embarkation center during World War II.[6]
- Kilmer Processing Facility, a United States Postal Service distribution facility in Edison, New Jersey on the grounds of the former Camp Kilmer.
- Kilmer Library on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (created out of part of the former Camp Kilmer).[6] On February 8, 2017, the Board of Governors voted to name the library in honor of James Dickson Carr, Rutgers’ first African American graduate.[7]
- The Joyce Kilmer Service Area along the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick, New Jersey[8]
- Joyce Kilmer Avenue (formerly Codwise Avenue), New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Joyce Kilmer Park, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Joyce Kilmer Middle School, Trenton, New Jersey
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, a 4th-5th grade school in Mahwah, New Jersey
New York
- Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx (New York City) (along Grand Concourse in The Bronx, near Yankee Stadium)
- Sergeant Joyce Kilmer Triangle, located in Brooklyn (New York City), (along Kings Highway and Quentin Road at East 12th Street)
North Carolina
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (17,394 acres/15 km2) located in the Nantahala National Forest, near Robbinsville in Graham County, North Carolina was dedicated in Kilmer's memory on July 10, 1936.[9]